Question 946552
<pre>This problem is solved by creating an equation.
We assign x to the number of girls on the team.
We assign x+6 to the number of boys on the team since there are 6 more boys than girls.

     16=x+x+6 
We combine like terms to get
      16=2x+6

 Then we solve by subtracting 6 from both sides.

     16-6=2x+6-6

To get:<br>       10=2x<br>
finally we isolate x by dividing both sides by 2
<br>Result<br>
      5=x<br>There are 5 girls on the team.
And 5+6=11 makes 11 boys.